How to Delete Messages in Skype in Windows?

Sometimes we need to delete messages in Skype in Windows due to filled inbox with unwanted messages or sent a wrong message to someone mistakenly. Whatever be the case, you need to delete your message in Skype to clear up chaos in your inbox. This article will let you understand the easiest way to delete Skype messages.

Things to Remember before Deleting Messages in Skype

Before we move to the steps, let's understand some prior things that you should be aware of before deleting any messages from your Skype inbox.

When you delete a message from Skype, it will delete from both sender and receiver ends.
Once deleted, there is no way to recover those messages.
Deleting messages with media files, will not delete it from your local storage because Skype uploads your media to their server for sending.
If you are not sure whether to delete chats or not, you can archive it instead.
If you remove a user from your chat list, all the messages sent and received will be deleted automatically.

Now when you have understood all the circumstances of deleting messages in Skype, let's move to the steps to delete messages in Skype in Windows.

Steps to Delete Messages in Skype in Windows

Open Skype Windows app in your PC.
Go to the chat whose message you want to delete.
Hover on the message you want to remove from the chat, you will see three dots appear adjacent to the message.
Click on three dots to open message context menu. Select Remove option.
Skype will ask you for confirmation whether you want to delete the message or not. Tap on delete to remove the message from Skype conversation.

Note : Skype allows deleting only those messages that are sent by you. You cannot delete a message sent by a receiver. If you want to do so, you have to delete the entire conversation.

How to Delete All Messages in Skype?

If you want to delete all messages in Skype sent by a person, you can do so easily by deleting the entire conversation. Skype has an option to delete all messages on one click, but there is a critical process, and you will lose all the conversation forever. If you are ready to take the risk, you can follow the steps below to delete an entire conversation in one click.

Steps to Delete All Messages in Skype:

Open Skype app in windows.
Browse to the conversations you want to delete entirely.
Once in the chat, tap on the gear icon next to the person profile picture at the top bar.
In the new window open, scroll to the bottom and click on Chat Settings.
Inside chat settings, you will find an option to Delete Skype Conversation. Click on it.
A confirmation window will ask you to confirm the deletion process. Click on Delete button.
Skype will now clear all the chats between you and that person including text messages, media files and logs.

Alternative to deleting messages in Skype

Deleting messages or entire conversation is risky if you have some important chats previously. That's why there is an alternative to entire message swipe off. Skype named in Private Conversation.

Suppose you want to have some personal chat that you don't want to show in the current chat box, then you can create a private conversation space. Private conversation have some interesting features as mentioned below:

Private conversations are temporary.
It will be deleted automatically as soon as you close the private conversation tab.
Private conversation are secured with complex algorithm.
Private conversation is only possible when both sender and receiver agree on it.

If you found these features interesting then lets understand how to start a private conversation in Skype without deleting any previous message of your chats.

Steps to start a Private Conversation in Skype:

Open Skype app in Windows
Browse the contact with whom you want to start the private conversation.
In the chat section of that person, click on the gear icon at the top bar adjacent to the profile picture.
In the new window just opened, you will see an option to Start a Private Conversation.
After you click on Start Private Conversation, Skype will open a new tab with lock icon indicating private conversation.
You will see a Send Invite button at the bottom of the private chat section. Before you start a private conversation, the other person must accept your invite request.
Once the other person accept your invite, you can chat normally like any non-private conversation.
If you want to end the private conversation, just right-click on the private chat tab and click on End Conversation. This will delete the entire conversation with the person.

So that's how you start a private conversation with any Skype contact. As mentioned, it's a two-way process that means, the other person has to accept your invite to start a private conversation with you.

Delete Skype Messages by Deleting Skype Contact

There is one more way you can delete Skype messages entirely. This can be done by deleting the Skype contact. If you had a conversation with someone temporarily and don't want to keep him in your Skype contact list, then you can remove him along with his chats all at once.

To Delete message by deleting contact, you need to follow the steps given below :

Open Skype App in Windows
Go to Contacts tab from the left sidebar.
Search for the contact you want to delete.
Right-click on the contact and select Delete contact from the context menu.
Skype will ask you to confirm. Click Delete to remove the contact from your contact list.
Once contact gets deleted, all the conversation you have with that person will get deleted as well.

Wrapping Up

So here we go, all the methods and steps you can follow to delete messages in Skype app in Windows. Always make sure you are deleting the right conversation or messages because there is no way back. Hope this tutorial help you in some way.

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